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  GALILEO ACADEMY Weekly Bulletin JANUARY 27 – 31, 2020    WORD OF THE WEEK:  GROUNDHOG DAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2020   Groundhog Day (Pennsylvania German: Grund’sau dåk, Grundsaudaag, Grundsow Dawg, Murmeltiertag; Nova Scotia: Daks Day is a popular tradition celebrated in Canada and the United States on February 2nd. It derives from the Pennsylvania Dutch superstition that if a groundhog

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  GALILEO ACADEMY Weekly Bulletin JANUARY 13 – 17, 2020 WORDS OF THE WEEK:MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR, DAY JANUARY 20, 2020 Martin Luther King Jr. Day is an American federal holiday marking the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. It is observed on the third Monday of January each year. King’s birthday is January 15. The holiday is similar to

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GALILEO ACADEMY Weekly Bulletin JANUARY 6 – 10, 2020 WORDS OF THE WEEK: A NEW DECADE 2020 A decade is a period of 10 years. The word is derived (via French and Latin) from the Ancient Greek: δεκάς, romanized: dekas, which means a group of ten. Other words for spans of years also come from Latin: biennium (2 years), triennium

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GALILEO ACADEMY Weekly Bulletin DECEMBER 16 – 20, 2019 WORDS OF THE WEEK: December 15, 2019 BILL OF RIGHTS DAY Now, Therefore, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate December 15, 1941, as Bill of Rights Day.  And I call upon the officials of the Government, and upon the people of the United

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GALILEO ACADEMY Weekly Bulletin DECEMBER 2 – 6, 2019 WORDS OF THE WEEK: December 7, 2019 NATIONAL PEARL HARBOR REMEMBRANCE DAY The USS Arizona Memorial, at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, marks the resting place of 1,102 of the 1,177 sailors and Marines killed on USS Arizona during the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 and

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GALILEO ACADEMY Weekly Bulletin NOVEMBER 11 – 15, 2019   WORDS OF THE WEEK:   VETERANS DAY November 11, 2019 (101st Veterans Day) Veterans Day is a federal holiday in the United States observed annually on November 11, for honoring military veterans, that is, persons who have served in the United States Armed Forces. It coincides with other holidays including Armistice

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GALILEO ACADEMY Weekly Bulletin NOVEMBER 4 – 8, 2019   WORDS OF THE WEEK: FALL BACK (Standard Time) Daylight Saving Time ends this Sunday, November 3, at 2 A.M., so prepare Saturday evening to “fall back” by setting your clocks back one hour. The first true proponent of Daylight Saving Time was an Englishman named William Willet. A London builder,

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GALILEO ACADEMY Weekly Bulletin OCTOBER 28 – NOVEMBER 1, 2019   WORDS OF THE WEEK: HALLOWEEN!! HALLOWEEN: Halloween or Hallowe’en (a contraction of All Hallows‘ Evening), also known as Allhalloween, All Hallows’ Eve, or All Saints’ Eve, is a celebration observed in a number of countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows’ Day.

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